Summary: Here is a great sermon to use to minister to the Broken Hearted.

In this sin-cursed world, we often face tremendous heartache and pain. Uncertainty clouds the mind and troubles the soul. We deal with sickness, financial distress, and lives destroyed by sin on a daily basis. Sometimes we feel crushed beneath this unbearable Load.

Our loving Savior is now preparing the eleven remaining disciples for the heart-wrenching events of Calvary. We have seen Him teach humility through His lesson in foot washing. We have seen Him teach and command these disciples to love each other. In our passage today, we see Jesus teach that no matter what, He will never fail His own!

So, if you come here this morning with your heart aching from this world’s awful curse, listen with these disciples of old to the stitches of truth that will mend your troubled heart. These are Jesus’ promises to every believer.

2. Isaiah 26:3-4, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. [4] Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.”

3. Isaiah 43:1-2, “But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. [2] When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”

B. You can trust Jesus too!

1. 2 Cor. 12:9, “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

II. I have a plan for you. (v.2)

A. This place has been in construction over 2000 years.

1. 2 Cor. 5:1-2, “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. [2] For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven.”

B. Heaven will be a place for all the saints of God.

1. Hebrews 11:8-10 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. [9] By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: [10] For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

2. Col. 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.